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Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020 Dec 29;32(10):2793–2807. doi: 10.1111/jce.14838

TABLE 4.

Lifetime risk of AF according to race and sex in the ARIC at ages 45 and 55 years

Lifetime risk of developing af by risk factor status, FHS^a
	Optimal	Borderline	Elevated
Women	20.5%	28.0%	34.6%
Men	29.8%	39.7%	43.3%

Lifetime risk of AF according to race and sex, ARIC^b
	Black	White
Women	22%	30%
Men	21%	36%

Abbreviations: ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; FHS, Framingham Heart Study.

Source:

FHS (European ancestry), at index age 55 years, 1968–2014¹⁰

ARIC Study at index ages 45 and 55 years, 1987–2014.¹¹